This is a new column, for the horror comics fans, as often heard on the Baron’s Crypt podcast shows, which are changing formats for our eighth season, and we do more comic reviews on this site hence the best place to have them presented.

Draculina #5 

By: Christopher Priest, Michael St. Maria, Rafael Kayanan, Guillem March, Rachta Lin, Collette Turner

Type: Cover A – Turner; Cover B – Lin; Cover C – March; Cover D – Kayanan; Cover F – 10 Copy Kayanan B&W Variant

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

Summary: An enigmatic faerie named after an ancient Greek poet has twisted the multiverse, exchanging the fates of Draculina and her alternate reality ‘self’ Katie, and forcing Draculina to experience a vulnerable humanity, with all its emotional consequences, for the first time in her long, immortal life. Meanwhile, Katie has gained everything she has ever wished for – like all the powers of a full vampire, including the bloodlust! But the reality of having supernatural power quickly crushes her childhood fantasy as, ravenous for blood, Katie’s innocence hangs in the balance!

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

Vampirella Fairy Tales One Shot

By: Soo Lee, Emiliana Pinna, Leirix, Sebastian Piriz

Type: Cover A – Lee; Cover B – Leirix; Cover C – Piriz

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

Summary: Vampirella as you’ve never seen here in a fairy tale! Once Upon A Time, there was a cottage deep within the forest, were an elder lived, eagerly awaiting the arrival of her granddaughter with wine and cake – not knowing of the horrid, fanged beast that stalks the forest, seeking easy prey. But little does the fanged beast realize that the granddaughter has fangs of her own…

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

A Town Called Terror #5

By: Steve Niles, Szymon Kudranski, Marshall Dillon

Type: Cover A – Kudranski & Dillon, Cover B – Kudranski & Dillon

Publisher: Image Comics

Publisher Link: https://imagecomics.com/

Summary: ‘HOME TO ROOST’ Henry, trapped in the forgotten realm, is reunited with his mother, and finds out the dark secret she has been keeping from him. They must join forces and fight together to escape while Julie finds herself lost in a strange town called Terror.

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

Evil Ernie #1 30th Ann Facsimile Ed

By: Brian Pulido, Steven Hughes, Eric Mache

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Publisher Link: https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

Summary: Back in print for the first time in decades, just in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary! The holy grail and origin of the Chaos! universe can finally be added to your collection with this new facsimile edition. In 1991, horror mastermind Brian Pulido and the maestro artist Steven Hughes kicked off what would become an innovative and expansive world of characters. Originally published by Eternity Comics, Dynamite is proud to re-present one of the biggest key issues in comics history! Meet Ernest Fairchild, a disaffected and abused teen being held in the Clearview Mental Institution. Dr. Leonard Price has tried experimental treatments like dream therapy, wherein Ernest met the mysterious and captivating Lady Death, which only prodded him further into homicidal urges. Mary Young visits the institute and observes his violence firsthand, convincing her maybe they can cure him forever with neurotech… Turning him into the maniacal Evil Ernie! This facsimile edition presents the original comic in all its glory, including advertisements and more.

*****                                                   *****                                                   *****

 

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